Behold, the picture book! The great and glorious literature hiding in humble places all around us: on the bottommost shelves ...

Children's picture books are taken off shelves today, to warm the hearts of the young and old alike. These books combine images and basic words—simple words that children can understand, but can't ...

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

The author of more than 60 books for young readers and 2011’s “Picture Book Manifesto” that challenged creators and their publishers to energize the category, Barnett became the 2025–2026 national ...

Keats once said, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Some would say the same about a picture book. Many teachers and librarians believe that picture books aren’t just for the wee ones, and they are ...

Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East. By Leonard S. Marcus Leonard S. Marcus is the author of “Pictured Worlds: ...

The New York Times (8 Oct 2010) reports that children's book publishers are releasing fewer picture books for young readers because parents are pushing their kids into reading advanced text-only ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.